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Breakfast Smoothies

I’ve been on a hiatus but I’m back! While I love the Specific Carb Diet and everything it stands for, I have to admit that I haven’t been following it religiously these past 6 months. The reason is that I’m pregnant (yay!) and as most pregnant women can vouch, the thought of most meat dishes still repulse me. In fact, being pregnant has made me crave all those starchy carbs that the SCD is not about, hence, my lack of posts on here lately. But, I am not sweating it. If I can’t give in to my indulgences while pregnant, then why can I? After all, I am eating for two now, right? 🙂

I do have a few yummy smoothie recipes for you all, though. The first one is SCD legal, while the second one is not, since chocolate is not legal on the SCD. Let’s jump right into it!

Smoothie #1 (SCD Legal)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

A handful of frozen mixed berries

A handful of frozen pineapple chunks

A handful of fresh spinach

1 banana

A splash of 100% orange juice

A drizzle of honey

Preparation:

Blend all ingredients together, pour into a glass, and enjoy!

Smoothie #2 (Non-SCD Legal)

Now this second smoothie is the non-SCD legal one, as I’ve pointed out above. I was at Trader Joe’s the other day and decided to get their chocolate almond milk.

Its consistency is smooth and the drink itself tastes no different than regular chocolate milk; you can’t even detect any trace of almonds in its taste. I initially wanted to add bananas to this smoothie but since we just ran out, I had to get a little creative.

Ingredients:

1 cup chocolate almond milk

4 frozen strawberries

1 tablespoon all-natural peanut butter

A handful of frozen mixed berries

A few ice cubes

Preparation:

Blend the first four ingredients together, adding the ice cubes at the end. Pour into a glass and enjoy!

What I liked most about this smoothie is that it doesn’t even taste like it’s supposed to be good for you — instead, it tastes chocolatey, peanut buttery, and downright delicious! An added bonus is that it really is healthy for you, though it’s not SCD legal.

Now that I’m nearing the end of my pregnancy, I can actually stomach a lot of things I wasn’t able to in the beginning, so I hope to post more SCD recipes in the near future. I want to thank each of you for being faithful subscribers; I really do appreciate all of you stopping by, leaving me comments, and checking my page out, though I know my updates have not been frequent.